05Jun 2013 by Angie Eldred
EPA Guide and Online Module for Developing Effective Watershed Plans

EPA Guide and Online Module for Developing Effective Watershed Plans

Resources
    EPA has released a guide to developing watershed plans to restore and protect our waters, which summarizes a 2008 handbook for developing watershed plans to restore and protect our waters, as well as a companion online module, "An Introduction to Watershed Planning."   The guide and module provide a summary of the handbook and also highlight some new watershed-related tools that have been developed since 2008 that can be used for more effective decision-making leading to improved management of our water resources.   Together, the handbook, guide and module provide information on how to incorporate the nine minimum elements from the Clean Water Act section 319 Nonpoint Source Program's funding guidelines into the watershed plan development process.     [button url="http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/upload/watershed_mgmnt_quick_guide.pdf" color="aqua" ]Click here to access the guide[/button]…
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05Jun 2013 by Angie Eldred
Guide to Tongass Young Growth Timber

Guide to Tongass Young Growth Timber

Community Watershed Stewardship, Resources
    Sitka Conservation Society partnered with the Sitka High School Construction Tech program to explore and demonstrate ways that young-growth red alder and Sitka spruce from the Tongass can be used in building and woodworking. This guide book profiles many of these projects and shares practical insights about the quality and performance of local young-growth in a variety of applications. It also discusses basic challenges and opportunities surrounding the eventual U.S. Forest Service transition to young-growth timber harvest on the Tongass, which was announced in 2010. (information composed by Adam Andis, SCS)  View the guidebook below, and check out the Sitka Conservation Society's website for more information!        
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22May 2013 by Angie Eldred
Building Strategic Partnerships With the Forest Service

Building Strategic Partnerships With the Forest Service

Resources
One of the services SAWC provides to communities in Southeast Alaska are trainings coordinated to build the capacity of our member groups to complete community based watershed management projects.   Slideshows from all of the trainings SAWC has provided are available on our Slideshare page   You can also access previous trainings on our Trainings and Workshops page The presentation featured below, Building Strategic Partnerships With the Forest Service, has reached over 150 viewers!   Building strategic partnerships with the Forest Service by Angela Coleman from sawc      
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16Apr 2013 by Angie Eldred
The web site for Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership is live!

The web site for Southeast Alaska Fish Habitat Partnership is live!

Community Watershed Stewardship, Resources
    Check it out at -  http://www.seakfhp.org/   SEAKFHP hopes this site helps to share all that the organization is and hopes to be as well as keeps you informed on upcoming events and SEAKFHP activities. In addition this site has been developed to share regional information and specific SEAKFHP services such as sharing regional science and data resources, updates and links for funding opportunities and connecting regional efforts to the National Fish Habitat Action Plan.   With the website up and going SEAKFHP is ready to outreach to new partners and encourage additional regional natural resource practitioner's and interested stakeholders to join in on efforts to facilitate collaborative regional fish habitat conservation efforts in Southeast Alaska.  Please let the organization know if you or (your organization) have an interest…
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14Mar 2013 by Angie Eldred
Southeast Environmental Forum *Draft* Agenda

Southeast Environmental Forum *Draft* Agenda

Events, Trainings & Opportunities, Resources
    Click below for the current draft agenda for the Southeast Environmental Forum: March 18-22, 2013 Vocational Training & Resource Center (VTRC) 3239 Hospital Drive - Juneau, Alaska 99801     [button url="http://alaskawatershedcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2013-SE-Environmental-Forum-Agenda-03-14-2013-HRB.pdf" color="aqua" ]Southeast Environmental Forum Draft Agenda PDF[/button]
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22Feb 2013 by Angie Eldred
Beyond Monitoring: Adaptive Management Practitioner’s Workshop

Beyond Monitoring: Adaptive Management Practitioner’s Workshop

Events, Trainings & Opportunities, Resources
Your participation in the following workshop will help communities, natural resource management agencies, and partners further our mutual priorities of adaptive management and ecological monitoring:   Beyond Monitoring: Adaptive Management Practitioner’s Workshop Sitka, AK April 28-30, 2013     Background The Sitka Conservation Society and more recently the Sitka Sound Science Center have been working with the USFS Sitka Ranger District on augmenting monitoring needs by conducting ecological monitoring projects. The goal of these efforts is to contribute to the science and techniques of watershed restoration and ecosystem (terrestrial, freshwater, and marine) management by incorporating multi-party monitoring information and community volunteers in a meaningful way. This workshop will help guide these efforts to maximize their pertinence and contribution to existing resource management needs, and serve as a case study for…
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19Feb 2013 by Angie Eldred
Review of Forest Restoration in the Tongass [Sitka Conservation Society]

Review of Forest Restoration in the Tongass [Sitka Conservation Society]

Community Watershed Stewardship, Resources
(post originally written by Scott Harris and shared from Sitka Conservation Society)     Bob Christensen, original member of SCS’s Groundtruthing Project team, recently completed a comprehensive review of forest restoration methods for The Wilderness Society. This very readable work provides a thorough background of the why, how, and where of restoring forest habitats in the Tongass National Forest. It also describes a concise method for prioritizing restoration locations based on ecological, social, and economic criteria. Sitka Conservation Society used this work to inform the prioritization conducted for the Sitka Community Use Area. Efforts like this are critical to our understanding and ever-constant learning about how to restore fish and wildlife habitat in Southeast Alaska.     You can view Bob’s report below or download an 8 Mb version by clicking on…
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